Forgive me for leading the morning roundup of celebrity gossip with a silly item about the unpleasant behavior of a dead man, but it’s Throwback Thursday and I’ve never mentioned Peter O’Toole in Dirt Bag before, so why the hell not?

Peter O'Toole appeared on Letterman not too long ago and told this story about how he figured out what to put on his tombstone from a little note he once received from the dry cleaners. The note was tacked to a gross jacket that just couldn't be cleaned thoroughly, and it read (apparently), "It distresses us to…

Peter O'Toole, one of the best stage and screen actors ever, has died at the age of 81, according to his agent. Though he was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, O'Toole never received one, which is so absurd that it deserves its own Monty Python sketch. For some good Sunday reading, check out Gay Talese's …

Improv comedian Dennis O'Toole has noticed a trend in people he sees as "the greatest Americans," they are all short men: Martin Luther King, Jr., Bob Dylan, Tom Cruise, and even that melting ball of dough, John McCain, all clock in around 5 feet 7 inches. O'Toole is himself a man of shorter stature and sees his lack…